Machine for manufacturing cheese



May 21, 1929. 5, ux 1,713,537

MACHINE FOR MANUFACTURING CHEESE Filed Aug. l4, 1926 '2 Sheets-Sheet l I A. S. KUX

MACHINE FOR MANUFACTURING CHEESE 2' Shets-Sheet 2 Filed Aug. 14, 1926 -Patented May 21,1929.

- UNITED STATES;

man-r a ruxbrcn'roaeo, nmomron mimq- "Application am August 14, mas.- Serial lot 128,156.

Heretofore' in the manufacture. of cheese it has been customary to supply the mixed material to the cooklng apparatus in sepa-- rate batches, which is not only laborious,

but necessitatesra constant watching of the machine It is one of the objects of the present inmention to provide an improved machine-for producing a continuous operation of cook- 10- ing and sterilizing the material, and which material is continuously fed into the. machine. v

A further object is to provide in an improved inachine of this character means for I automatically and thermostatically controlling the temperature of the cooking chamber.

' A further object is to provide improved means whereb tion of the coo 'ng chamber may 'to apredetermined degree.

A further object is to provide improved means for supplying liquid to the material be reduced at a predetermined point- 1n the passage ofthe material through the machine, for controlling the moisture content of t e material being cooked or treated. I

A further object is to provide ari nnproved machine of this character which will be of a simple, durable and compact construction and effective and efiicient .in' operation.

jects as will appear, the'invention consists in the features of novelty'in substantially the construction, combination and arrangement of the several parts hereinafter 'more fully described and claimed and shown in the accompanying drawings illustrating this invention, and in which-+ Figure 1 is a vertical, 7 tional view of a machine of this character constructed in accordance with the principles of this invention.

Figure 2 is a left handend elevation of Figure 1.

superposed, each of the chambers having communication with the next'adjacent chamthe temperature of aporlongitudinal sec- Figure 3 is a detail sectional'vie'w taken .ber at one end of the chamber respectively as at 15, 16, 17 and 18, whereby,after thematerial has beenfed through one .of the chambers in one direction it.wilI pass into the the next adjacent or lowermost'chamher to be fed through-the latter in a direction opposite to the direction in which itwas passed through the next preceding chamber.

' Arranged within the respective. chambers areconveyors 19, 20, 21, 22 and 23, preferably of the spiral type, embodying respec tively shafts 24,25, 26, 27 and 28.

These shafts extend through the respective chambers and are'journaled in suitable bearings 29 30 at 'the opposite 'ends. of the shafts. s V 1 Connected respectively with the shafts are intermeshing, gears 31, 32, 33, 34 and 35 and the intermeshing gears are driven from-a -motor-36 having a gear 37 connected. with i.

the shaft thereo and which gear, 37 meshes wi th a gear 38 that; has connected with it a gear 39, the gear 39inturn meshing with the gear 31.

With this construction it will'ibe manifest I that when the motor 36 operates the 'combined conveyors and mixers in the respective chambers will be rotated in opposite I directions. The material is fed into the up- To the attainment of these ends and the; accomplishment ofother new and useful obpermost chamber 14'through an inlet opening '40, and a hopper ,41 preferably sur-, rounds the opening so as to direct the material thereinto. i j

Each of the chambers is provided with a steam space 42 which encompasses the chamber and steam or a heating'medium is supplied in'to .thespaces 42 by means of pipes 43, the latter in turn being connectedv with asupply pipe 44..

A valve 45 may be provided'in the supply pipe 44 for controlling the passage of the fluid therethrough, .and controlling valves 46 may also 'be-prov-ided in the pipes 43 so that the supply of steam maybe cut off in one or more of the steam spaces 42.

Projecting into each of the chambers is an element 47 of a thermostatic control device 48, which latter may be of the ordinary andwell known construction. The thermostats 48 are adapted to also control the valves 46 so that when the temperature in any one or more of the cooking chambers risesabove a predetermined degree, the tive thermostats will controli'the supply of heating.

fluid to, the 'heating space 42 aroimd the chamber. Likewise when the temperature in any one or more of the chambers tell helow a predetermined degree the thermostats heating melhllm will operate. to open the valve so that the may enter into the steam space.

' j The automatic control valve may be of any ordinary and well known construction suitable for the purpose.

Leading from th lowermost chamber 16 is a discharge outlet 49,through which the cooked and sterilized material will be dis charged inu) a suitable receiving receptacle With this improvedmachine it' will be manifest that the material may be continuf chine for supplying moisture "to the maously supplied thereto through the hopper 41 and that there is a continuous operation of the machine and upon the material as it passes through the respective chambers and from one chamber to theother.

- Asupply nozzle 51 may be provided at any. suitable point or points along the line of passage of the material through the material as it is being cooked and sterilized,

means of which nozzle 51 the moisture content of the material may be contr'olled.

The nozzle 51 receives its supply from a through a pipe 52, and a control valve 53 is provided in the pipe amount of liquid delivered through the noz- '52 for controlling the zle 51. V

It is sometimes desirable to reduce the temperature of the material before it is 'deliver ed through the delivery opening 49 and as it is passing through the lowermost chamber 10;

To that end there may be provided a supplypipe 54 having a valve 55therein', and through which pipe a temperature reducing medium, suchas water or the like, may be delivered into the steam chamber ;42 surrounding the cooking chamber 10. A discharge pipebfi having a valve 57 therein also leads from the space 42 aroundthechamber 10 so as to permit of the {circulation of the temperature reducing hedium around the chamber 10 an'd'out 'ofithefpipe 56. Similar pipes 56 may beprovided to lead from each of the steam jackets around the various conveyor chambers tow-convey away the condensates, and valves '57 maybe suitable source of supply (not shown) ,invention.

provided in the pipes control the discharge of condensates.

The temperature reducing medium may be supplied to the space 42 around the chamber 10 at the same time that the heating medium is supplied thereto, if desired,-or the supply of heating medium may be out of! from this space when the cooling medium is supplied,

according to the will of the operator.

With this improved apparatiis it be manifest that there is provided a means whereby there will be a continuous process of mixing, cooking and sterilizing the cheese material and in which apparatus the moisture content ofzthe material may be readily controlled while'it is passing through the machme- This will vobviate the 'necessi of intermittently supplying batches of t e material to the machine and will insure a uniformmixing and c ooking. as well as sterilization of'the material which passes through the machine.

' While the preferred form of the invention I has been hereinshown and described, it is to be understoodthat various changes may be made in the details of construction and in passage through the machine, a combined and conveying element "in 1 each of the chambers, means-common to $816. eleing the material into one of the chambers,

means for delivering the material from one e5 ments for operating them,mea'ns for deliverof the chambers and out of the machine,

means for supplying a heating medilim outside of and, about each of the chambers, the last said' means'embodying a heating fluid space encompassing the respective chambers, andmeans for introducing atiwill, a cooling fluid into one ofthe said spaces.

of July, A. DQ 1926'. Y g

' ALBERTS. KUVXJ.

In testimony whereof'l haveflsignedmy name to this specification, on this 23rdday 

